April 18, 2010

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent Israel an upbeat congratulations video-note - replete with an exclamation point - on the occasion of its 62nd year of Independence.

"Congratulations Israel on 62 years of independence! This is an opportunity to celebrate all that Israel has accomplished and to reaffirm the bonds that unite our two nations," she said.

Recalling her visit to Israel nearly thirty years ago, Clinton said she and President Barack Obama share "a deep personal commitment to Israel. .... Our nation will not waver in protecting Israel's security and promoting Israel's future."

"That is why pursuing peace and recognized borders for Israel is one of our top priorities," she continued. "We believe it is possible – indeed necessary – to achieve a comprehensive peace in the Middle East that provides Israelis, Palestinians, and all the people of the region security, prosperity, and the opportunity to live up to their full God-given potential."

"Recognized borders" -- Is that a sign of how the Obama administration is thinking of proceeding?

Veteran Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller has argued that the borders issue is the one final status issue where Israel and the Palestinians have hope of making progress.

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How naive to think that if only the land be divided between Israel and the Palestinians there will be peace.... Stop insulting Israel and put the the pressure on them, instead work to make sure Iran will not have nuclear weapons, they don't want peace but the destruction of Israel!!

Wow! Receiving a birthday wish from Obama and Hillary pledging their "..deep personal commitment to.. ..protecting Israel's securitly and promoting Israel's future." is like getting a get well card from Dr. Kevorkian.

What's the big deal about "recognized borders?" That's the language of UNSC Res 242 from 1967: "within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." Actually, it looks like Clinton is retreating from Israel's need for "secure" boundaries.

AHAHAHAHA - I think I would pass on anything coming out from the Obama administration. "Replete" with exclamation point - must be what the O admin gives to folks without the benefit of a reaach around.

What a hypocrite! If anything, Obama & Clinton (and even Biden) proved that they hold Israel in disdain......just remember their recent actions:
1. Biden deliberately showed up late to Prime Minister Netanyahu's home for dinner while in Israel. Biden was upset about the announcement of another building project in Jerusalem....poor baby didn't get what he wanted.
2. Apparently, neither did Hillary. Not long afterwards, she launched a 45-minute tirade on the phone against Netanyahu. I would have hung up on her.
3. And of course, when Netanyahu was in D.C. for AIPAC and met Obama at the White House, the President bailed on his guest so he could have dinner. How rude!
Why didn't Obama invite his guests to the private residence to meet over dinner? That would have gone a long way towards patching up the rift between the U.S. and Israel.
So, Hillary can congratulate Israel all she wants......I don't believe a word that comes out of her mouth. If she (and Obama) truly believed her words, the Administration's actions towards Israel would be totally different.
In the Scriptures we are told that those who bless Israel will be blessed, and those who curse Israel will be cursed. I fear for the future of the U.S. in light of its recent actions against our one true ally in the region. Israel is God's covenant people and are not to be trifled with.
God bless & protect Israel!

Diana Manwaring says we must support Israel because the Bible says so. Does this mean we must support religious genocide? In 1917 British Foreign Secretary Arthur J. Balfour declared that Britain supported the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine. At that time there were 56,000 Jews and 600,000 Arabs living in Palestine. (See Avi Shlaim's book The Iron Wall page 7). The Balfour Declaration emphasized, "it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine."
However Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion had other ideas. By 1947 Jews only owned 5.8% of the land in Palestine. Greedy for more, Ben-Gurion established an ethnic cleansing cabal, known as the Consultancy, which devised a "Plan Dalet" in March 1948 to systematically eliminate the Palestinian Arabs through terrorism, mass murder, and expulsion. (See Ilan Pappe's book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.) They were highly successful, killing thousands and creating 800,000 Arab refugees in the first six months alone.
The recent Israeli slaughter of thousands in Lebanon and Gaza is simply a continuation of this genocide. Indeed 80% of Gaza's 1.5 million residents are Palestinian refugees whose families were forced from their homes or fled due to Jewish terror in 1948. (See "Israel Is Committing War Crimes" by Professor George Bisharat Wall Street Journal 1/10-11/09.)
This religious genocide traces back to Biblical times. According to the Old Testament, the ancient Jews believed their God wanted them to commit mass murder in order to steal land. For instance, regarding the Jews' conquest of Jericho, (Joshua 6:21) "And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox,and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword."
Similarly, the Lord tells Saul "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.' (Samuel I 15:3)
And David sings to the daughter of Babylon "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." (Psalms 137:9) Certainly in Gaza we recently saw lots of dead little ones in addition to all others including animals.
It turns out the rabbis played a major role in encouraging this slaughter. As reported in The New York Times 3/22/09, the military's chief rabbi Brig. Gen. Avichai Rontzki, a West Bank settler, told the soldiers not to show mercy to the civilians, preaching that "humanistic' values should be subordinated to the law of the Torah. Gaza was portrayed as a re-enactment of Biblical conquest, slaying non-Jews without mercy at the behest of God. Religious genocide.

does this remind anyone of the Japanese embassy official who was visiting the United States shortly before Dec. 7,1941 who was declaring their love of America, while preparing to stab US in the back with an attack on Pearl Harbor the next week?. One must deal in facts when analyzing situations like this one. Look to past history because it often repeats itself as humans never really change.

That ought to make everything alright in our rleations with Israel now! They should just disregard that comment she made about them "insulting" the US...perhaps she was once again suffering from jet lag. That's the favorite line isn't it. If you take a strong stand one day don't turn around and congratulate or apologize the next day. Ridiculous that this woman is representing the highest office of diplomacy. What a joke!

Posted By: That ought to make everything alright in our rleations with Israel now! They should just disregard | April 19, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Zionists sad, me glad.
You can really smell a wiff of treason on this site.
Memo to Israel-Firsters: Israel is not part of the United States. For those who think otherwise, please make aliyah. You won't be missed.